Wednesday April 4, 1979
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All NHL game summaries from April 4, 1979



Team123F
Minnesota North Stars (28-39-11) 0 1 0 1
Chicago Blackhawks (28-35-15) 2 2 3 7

1: CHI,Tim Higgins 6 (Ted Bulley, Tom Lysiak), 11:01
CHI,Ted Bulley 25 (Tom Lysiak, Bob Murray), 19:24
2: CHI,Tim Higgins 7 (Tom Lysiak, Greg Fox), 3:01
CHI,Mike Walton 16 (Tim Higgins, Tom Lysiak), 13:45 - PP
MIN,Kris Manery 17 (Bill Butters), 17:53
3: CHI,Mike Walton 17, 4:57 - PP
CHI,Reg Kerr 16 (J.P. Bordeleau), 7:20 - SH
CHI,Mike O'Connell 4 (Tom Lysiak, Ted Bulley), 10:05 - PP
Penalties:

1: Harold Phillipoff, CHI [Hi-sticking] 2:23
Bill Butters, MIN [Holding] 6:18
Harold Phillipoff, CHI [Tripping] 7:51
2: Reg Kerr, CHI [Tripping] 4:55
Bill Butters, MIN [Elbowing] 12:09
Tom Younghans, MIN [Fighting] 17:13
Reg Kerr, CHI [Fighting] 17:13
Greg Smith, MIN [Holding] 19:04
3: Brad Maxwell, MIN [Holding] 4:52
Dave Logan, CHI [Elbowing] 5:35
Bill Butters, MIN [Tripping] 9:40
J.P. Bordeleau, CHI [Tripping] 12:14
Grant Mulvey, CHI [Elbowing] 18:10
Penalty time: MIN: 15 minutes CHI: 17 minutes
MIN Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Bill Butters 2 D 0 1 1 6 1 0
Fred Barrett 3 D 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Jean Potvin 4 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Brad Maxwell 5 D 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Glen Sharpley 7 C 0 0 0 0 -3 2
Kent-Erik Andersson 8 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mike Fidler 12 LW 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Per-Olov Brasar 14 C 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bobby Smith 15 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Mike Polich 16 C 0 0 0 0 1 1
Jack Carlson 21 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Sargent 22 D 0 0 0 0 -3 4
Greg Smith 23 D 0 0 0 2 0 4
Kris Manery 24 RW 1 0 1 0 -3 3
Al MacAdam 25 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Steve Payne 26 LW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Gilles Meloche 27 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Younghans 29 RW 0 0 0 5 0 2
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1532
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1532

CHI Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dave Logan 2 D 0 0 0 2 1 1
Pat Ribble 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Murray 6 D 0 1 1 0 1 1
Reg Kerr 10 C 1 0 1 7 1 2
John Marks 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 4
Tom Lysiak 12 C 0 5 5 0 3 1
Mike O'Connell 14 D 1 0 1 0 2 2
Tim Higgins 15 RW 2 1 3 0 3 4
Mike Walton 16 C 2 0 2 0 -1 4
Alain Daigle 17 RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Fox 18 D 0 1 1 0 2 0
Harold Phillipoff 19 LW 0 0 0 4 0 2
Cliff Koroll 20 RW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Grant Mulvey 22 RW 0 0 0 2 0 1
J.P. Bordeleau 23 RW 0 1 1 2 0 2
Bob Kelly 25 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Ted Bulley 29 LW 1 2 3 0 3 1
Tony Esposito 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1427
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)1427
Shots: MIN: 6-11-15-32 CHI: 11-12- 9-32 Goalies: MIN: Gilles Meloche (L, 20-24-6) CHI: Tony Esposito (W, 23-27-11) Referee: Andy van Hellemond Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Don Koharski Attendance: 7,920



Team123F
Detroit Red Wings (22-40-16) 1 0 0 1
Montreal Canadiens (51-16-11) 1 3 0 4

1: DET,Vaclav Nedomansky 38 (Dan Labraaten, Jean Hamel), 2:05
MTL,Jacques Lemaire 22 (Larry Robinson), 12:59
2: MTL,Jacques Lemaire 23 (Steve Shutt, Guy Lafleur), 14:26
MTL,Steve Shutt 36 (Guy Lafleur, Jacques Lemaire), 14:35
MTL,Jacques Lemaire 24 (Guy Lapointe, Guy Lafleur), 16:59 - PP
3: no scoring
Penalties:

1: Steve Shutt, MTL [Hi-sticking] 2:55
Andre St. Laurent, DET [Slashing] 2:55
Vaclav Nedomansky, DET [Tripping] 14:15
Guy Lapointe, MTL [Tripping] 17:52
2: Dennis Polonich, DET [Elbowing] 9:29
Willie Huber, DET [Game misconduct] 9:29
Andre St. Laurent, DET [Holding, Fighting] 9:29
Mario Tremblay, MTL [Slashing, Fighting] 9:29
Guy Lafleur, MTL [Hi-sticking double minor] 10:03
Dale McCourt, DET [Hooking] 15:46
3: Dan Bolduc, DET [Holding] 0:25
Jacques Lemaire, MTL [Holding] 7:23
Gilles Lupien, MTL [Hooking] 11:15
Penalty time: DET: 27 minutes MTL: 19 minutes
DET Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Jim Rutherford 1 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Harper 2 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Perry Miller 3 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Jean Hamel 5 D 0 1 1 0 0 0
Willie Huber 7 D 0 0 0 10 0 1
Dennis Polonich 8 C 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Dale McCourt 10 C 0 0 0 2 0 2
Errol Thompson 12 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 4
Nick Libett 14 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Paul Woods 15 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Andre St. Laurent 16 C 0 0 0 9 0 2
J.P. Leblanc 18 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Dan Bolduc 19 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Vaclav Nedomansky 20 C 1 0 1 2 0 5
Dan Labraaten 21 LW 0 1 1 0 1 0
Greg Joly 24 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Greg Carroll 25 C 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Reed Larson 28 D 0 0 0 0 -1 4
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1021
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-1021

MTL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Brian Engblom 3 D 0 0 0 0 1 0
Guy Lapointe 5 D 0 1 1 2 0 4
Pierre Mondou 6 C 0 0 0 0 0 3
Doug Risebrough 8 C 0 0 0 0 0 2
Guy Lafleur 10 RW 0 3 3 4 3 4
Yvon Lambert 11 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mario Tremblay 14 RW 0 0 0 7 0 3
Rod Langway 17 D 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Serge Savard 18 D 0 0 0 0 2 0
Larry Robinson 19 D 0 1 1 0 2 2
Doug Jarvis 21 C 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Steve Shutt 22 LW 1 1 2 2 3 4
Bob Gainey 23 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Gilles Lupien 24 D 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jacques Lemaire 25 C 3 1 4 2 3 4
Rick Chartraw 27 D 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Ken Dryden 29 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Napier 31 RW 0 0 0 0 0 3
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)1037
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)1037
Shots: DET: 9- 7- 5-21 MTL: 13- 9-15-37 Goalies: DET: Jim Rutherford (L, 12-14-5) MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 30-9-7) Referee: Gregg Madill Linesmen: Randy Mitton, Matt Pavelich Attendance: 16,789



Team123F
Atlanta Flames (40-30-8) 1 1 1 3
New York Rangers (40-27-11) 0 2 1 3

1: ATL,Willi Plett 23 (Ed Kea, Bob Murdoch), 18:03
2: NYR,Lucien DeBlois 11 (Ron Duguay, Mario Marois), 2:04
NYR,Mike McEwen 20 (Mario Marois, Phil Esposito), 8:33
ATL,Ivan Boldirev 35 (Ken Houston, Jean Pronovost), 12:18 - PP
3: NYR,Pat Hickey 34 (Ron Duguay), 2:48 - PP
ATL,Ken Houston 19 (Guy Chouinard, Ivan Boldirev), 8:23 - PP
Penalties:

1: Bob Murdoch, ATL [Hooking] 1:44
Willi Plett, ATL [Cross checking, Fighting] 5:45
Dave Maloney, NYR [Fighting] 5:45
Nick Fotiu, NYR [Roughing] 9:22
Phil Russell, ATL [Holding] 20:00
2: Ron Greschner, NYR [Holding] 5:22
Pat Hickey, NYR [Interference] 11:04
Brad Marsh, ATL [Holding] 14:37
Lucien DeBlois, NYR [Hooking] 15:56
Dave Maloney, NYR [Hi-sticking] 18:39
3: Ken Houston, ATL [Interference] 1:20
Pierre Plante, NYR [Tripping] 7:04
Mike McEwen, NYR [Hooking] 10:53
Penalty time: ATL: 15 minutes NYR: 19 minutes
ATL Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Phil Russell 2 D 0 0 0 2 -2 1
Brad Marsh 5 D 0 0 0 2 -1 3
Ken Houston 6 RW 1 1 2 2 0 2
Bobby Lalonde 7 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Shand 8 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Jean Pronovost 9 RW 0 1 1 0 0 1
Bill Clement 10 C 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Bob MacMillan 11 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ivan Boldirev 12 C 1 1 2 0 0 1
Rod Seiling 15 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guy Chouinard 16 C 0 1 1 0 0 2
Don Laurence 17 C 0 0 0 0 1 0
Darcy Rota 18 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 3
Ed Kea 19 D 0 1 1 0 1 0
Bob Murdoch 20 D 0 1 1 2 0 3
Willi Plett 25 RW 1 0 1 7 0 1
Eric Vail 27 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dan Bouchard 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-520
TOTAL   (11 forwards, 6 defensemen)-520

NYR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ron Greschner 4 D 0 0 0 2 0 3
Carol Vadnais 5 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Steve Vickers 8 LW 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ron Duguay 10 C 0 2 2 0 1 1
Don Maloney 12 LW 0 0 0 0 1 1
Don Murdoch 14 RW 0 0 0 0 1 6
Anders Hedberg 15 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pat Hickey 16 LW 1 0 1 2 1 3
Ed Johnstone 17 RW 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Walt Tkaczuk 18 C 0 0 0 0 0 4
Nick Fotiu 22 LW 0 0 0 2 -1 0
Lucien DeBlois 23 C 1 0 1 2 1 2
Pierre Plante 24 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 1
Mario Marois 25 D 0 2 2 0 1 1
Dave Maloney 26 D 0 0 0 7 -1 1
Mike McEwen 27 D 1 0 1 2 2 7
John Davidson 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Esposito 77 C 0 1 1 0 1 4
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)539
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)539
Shots: ATL: 3-13- 4-20 NYR: 11-12-16-39 Goalies: ATL: Dan Bouchard (T, 31-21-7) NYR: John Davidson (T, 20-10-5) Referee: Bob Myers Linesmen: John D'Amico, Swede Knox Attendance: 17,414



Team123F
Boston Bruins (42-22-14) 0 2 1 3
Toronto Maple Leafs (33-32-13) 1 0 2 3

1: TOR,Dan Maloney 16 (Walt McKechnie, Joel Quenneville), 17:47
2: BOS,Dick Redmond 7 (Brad Park, Dwight Foster), 2:45 - PP
BOS,Wayne Cashman 27 (Don Marcotte, Dwight Foster), 7:57
3: TOR,Jerry Butler 8 (Pat Boutette, Jimmy Jones), 5:03
TOR,John Anderson 13 (Darryl Sittler, Lanny McDonald), 12:43
BOS,Al Secord 14 (Jean Ratelle, John Wensink), 17:44
Penalties:

1: Rocky Saganiuk, TOR [Tripping] 4:46
Rick Smith, BOS [Holding] 14:39
2: Walt McKechnie, TOR [Tripping] 2:40
John Wensink, BOS [Holding] 17:12
3: John Wensink, BOS [Hooking] 13:08
Bench penalty, TOR [Too many men on the ice] 18:32
Penalty time: BOS: 6 minutes TOR: 6 minutes
BOS Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Dick Redmond 6 D 1 0 1 0 0 4
Bill Bennett 7 LW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Peter McNab 8 C 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jean Ratelle 10 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Wayne Cashman 12 LW 1 0 1 0 -1 1
Bob Miller 14 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
John Wensink 18 LW 0 1 1 4 0 2
Al Secord 20 LW 1 0 1 0 0 2
Don Marcotte 21 LW 0 1 1 0 -1 1
Brad Park 22 D 0 1 1 0 1 2
Rick Smith 23 D 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Terry O'Reilly 24 RW 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gary Doak 25 D 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Mike Milbury 26 D 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Dwight Foster 27 RW 0 2 2 0 -1 1
Dennis O'Brien 28 D 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Sims 29 D 0 0 0 0 1 1
Gerry Cheevers 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-518
TOTAL   (10 forwards, 7 defensemen)-518

TOR Player Data#PosGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-Shots
Ian Turnbull 2 D 0 0 0 0 0 3
Joel Quenneville 3 D 0 1 1 0 0 0
Ron Ellis 6 RW 0 0 0 0 1 0
Lanny McDonald 7 RW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rocky Saganiuk 8 RW 0 0 0 2 -1 2
Dan Maloney 9 LW 1 0 1 0 1 3
John Anderson 10 RW 1 0 1 0 1 5
Walt McKechnie 11 C 0 1 1 2 1 1
Pat Boutette 15 LW 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jimmy Jones 16 C 0 1 1 0 1 0
Jerry Butler 17 RW 1 0 1 0 1 3
Paul Gardner 18 C 0 0 0 0 -1 1
Borje Salming 21 D 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dave "Tiger" Williams 22 LW 0 0 0 0 -1 2
Dave Hutchison 23 D 0 0 0 0 2 2
Dave Burrows 26 D 0 0 0 0 0 1
Darryl Sittler 27 C 0 1 1 0 0 0
Paul Harrison 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)525
TOTAL   (12 forwards, 5 defensemen)525
Shots: BOS: 7- 6- 5-18 TOR: 6- 9-10-25 Goalies: BOS: Gerry Cheevers (T, 23-8-10) TOR: Paul Harrison (T, 8-11-3) Referee: Bryan Lewis Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Leon Stickle Attendance: 16,485



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